The following files should be customized so as to not confuse your site customizations with this default example. See /usr/share/syslinux* for more info on syslinux/isolinux. boot.msg Change references to "Example Linux" to what ever you want. isolinux.cfg Change lines containing "site=example" with "site=sitename" where sitename is your sitename Change lines with url's to match your environment splash.lss the .lss file format is a ascii based picture format. It only supports 16 colors but you can customize what those colors are when you generate the file. As an example, to create the hepl (and example) splash.lss files, a picture was created, initially in a png format, and then converted with the following command pngtopnm syslinux-splash.png | ppmtolss16 \#020202=0 \#c6c6c6=1 \#f5bf0f=2 \#b7810a=3 \#e5e5e5=4 \#dedede=5 \#e7b50d=6 \#fefefe=7 \#d49a0b=8 \#a16c06=9 \#565656=10 \#ababaa=11 \#4e3f27=12 \#7e7e7e=15 > splash.lss pngtopnm syslinux-splash.png | ppmtolss16 \#020202=0 \#fff627=1 \#ea3611=2 \#894371=3 \#fefefe=7 \#e63ea2=15 > splash.lss Note: These colors also determine the text colors in boot.msg For the default boot.msg colors 7=Main text 2=Highlight 15=Light Highlight 0=Background